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Successful gambling, as the Kenny Rogers song says, requires participants to “know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away and know when to run.” It’s the last clause of those lyrics that states mulling a foray into online gambling might be well advised to heed in light of […]

Reno gaming executive John Farahi has a license in hand to operate online poker within Nevada’s borders. But the head of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa says he won’t do it, contending the practice, in its infancy in Nevada and across the U.S., is a wedge to full online gambling beyond brick-and-mortar casinos, and that […]

A war over online gambling is about to spill out in Congress as opponents move to restore a long-standing Internet gambling ban and block Uncle Sam from creating a sprawling new federal department to police the web.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would ban most forms of online gambling, ratcheting up a lobbying battle that pits casinos and state lotteries against GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.

“We support and applaud all efforts to restore the long-standing interpretation that the Wire Act prohibits Internet gambling. It’s common sense that putting a virtual casino in the pocket of every American with a phone is bad public policy,” said former New York Gov. George Pataki (R-NY), former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and former Denver […]